AlexPeterson
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These RV's are time machines in more ways than the obvious...
Here's how this went this weekend. #2 son came home from college for spring break on Friday night. We had discussed going to Dayton on an overnight sometime during the week he was off. The weekend seemed like a good choice, except the weather didn't look too good in Dayton for the return trip. So, where else to go? Around 9:00 Friday night, I had a thought - let's go to Colorado. I mentioned it to my son Brett, and we agreed to go for it. Weather looked perfect for both days, planning a flight from Minneapolis to CO on Saturday, return Sunday. So, we packed our junk and took off from KANE on the north side of the Twin Cities metro area at 0815 CDT Saturday. We planned a fuel stop in Ainsworth, NE. This leg was 2:20, fighting a 10 to 15 knot headwind. This building was visible from a long way off:
Back underway, destination Longmont CO. When we were about 30 miles out, we were rewarded with this view of Long's Peak, just NW of Denver about 40 miles:
After 1:50 for this second leg, we arrived at Vance Brand airport, generally just called Longmont airport:
Now, this airport is special to me - I first soloed at this airport in 1985. I will point out that another vivid memory I have from the time I lived in CO was climbing the peak shown behind me (another shot of that a little later..):
Brett and I hopped in the easily arranged rental car, and wandered down to Boulder and did some hiking, with CU in the background:
Just after this, we knocked on the door of some old friends whom I hadn't seen for nearly 20 years. Kind of surprised them.
This morning we drove up to Estes Park, and snapped this great shot of Long's Peak. There are very few things one can do more memorable than climbing a 14'er. Some of us have discussed going for this again, at more than twice the age I was the first time I did...
Here is the famous Stanley Hotel in Estes Park:
After a great breakfast at The Egg and I in Estes Park, we headed back to the airport, and were on our way. So long Colorado, for now...
Trip home was 3:27 non-stop. We had a TAS of 168 knots, 9500', 7.6 gph, 10 to 20 knot tailwind. Simply delightful. BTW, the northern middle part of Nebraska might be the most uninhabited place on earth.
Oh, I almost forgot, we had some great green chile on our burritos Saturday. Can't get it anywhere other than CO and NM, but I'll take corrections to that. Worth the whole trip. Door to door - 34 hours.
Here's how this went this weekend. #2 son came home from college for spring break on Friday night. We had discussed going to Dayton on an overnight sometime during the week he was off. The weekend seemed like a good choice, except the weather didn't look too good in Dayton for the return trip. So, where else to go? Around 9:00 Friday night, I had a thought - let's go to Colorado. I mentioned it to my son Brett, and we agreed to go for it. Weather looked perfect for both days, planning a flight from Minneapolis to CO on Saturday, return Sunday. So, we packed our junk and took off from KANE on the north side of the Twin Cities metro area at 0815 CDT Saturday. We planned a fuel stop in Ainsworth, NE. This leg was 2:20, fighting a 10 to 15 knot headwind. This building was visible from a long way off:
Back underway, destination Longmont CO. When we were about 30 miles out, we were rewarded with this view of Long's Peak, just NW of Denver about 40 miles:
After 1:50 for this second leg, we arrived at Vance Brand airport, generally just called Longmont airport:
Now, this airport is special to me - I first soloed at this airport in 1985. I will point out that another vivid memory I have from the time I lived in CO was climbing the peak shown behind me (another shot of that a little later..):
Brett and I hopped in the easily arranged rental car, and wandered down to Boulder and did some hiking, with CU in the background:
Just after this, we knocked on the door of some old friends whom I hadn't seen for nearly 20 years. Kind of surprised them.
This morning we drove up to Estes Park, and snapped this great shot of Long's Peak. There are very few things one can do more memorable than climbing a 14'er. Some of us have discussed going for this again, at more than twice the age I was the first time I did...
Here is the famous Stanley Hotel in Estes Park:
After a great breakfast at The Egg and I in Estes Park, we headed back to the airport, and were on our way. So long Colorado, for now...
Trip home was 3:27 non-stop. We had a TAS of 168 knots, 9500', 7.6 gph, 10 to 20 knot tailwind. Simply delightful. BTW, the northern middle part of Nebraska might be the most uninhabited place on earth.
Oh, I almost forgot, we had some great green chile on our burritos Saturday. Can't get it anywhere other than CO and NM, but I'll take corrections to that. Worth the whole trip. Door to door - 34 hours.
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